I was getting off my bike at my local bank when a lady walking to her car chimes in "That looks a lot more fun then this thing" I look at her car and it is a CL AMG 63.

I laughed and said, "I don't know that car can handle quite a lot. If you really want we could trade."

"I appreciate the offer but I worked too hard for this."

So there was a lady(with money) that liked the bike. You did get a number if she was cute right? That seems like one of the good experiences. She was complimenting your bike. People just look at mine weird.

I was getting off my bike at my local bank when a lady walking to her car chimes in "That looks a lot more fun then this thing" I look at her car and it is a CL AMG 63.

I laughed and said, "I don't know that car can handle quite a lot. If you really want we could trade."

"I appreciate the offer but I worked too hard for this."

I'm not surprised... It still had dealer plate and my bike is worth 1/20th of what her car costs.

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Originally Posted by Chad_NC

So there was a lady(with money) that liked the bike. You did get a number if she was cute right? That seems like one of the good experiences. She was complimenting your bike. People just look at mine weird.

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That's how vintage pornos start. Too bad you didn't take her for a ride. I should keep a spare helmet in one of my bags for occasions like that.

I was just pulling on my helmet next to my V-Strom outside Wally Worldwhen a car pulled up two spots over and a lady in the back yelled "I RIDE A HARLEY!!!!".

Um. OK. Thanks for the information, I guess.

At the time I was a little pissed because the store was out of ATF (yeah, really), so I couldn't compose a reply other than "Uh, OK. Good for you!"

You gave a fine answer to an odd person. She was probably either a new rider full of excitement (like we all were once) or she strived for a Harley and finally got one, once again making her full of excitement. No need to get tribal and territorial in a case like this back at her. She basically wanted the world to know she was part of the motorcycle community. Just because she is on the wrong side of the tracks from you is no reason to be an ass, as some on here have suggested you should have been.

OTOH, I listened to one Harley rider explaining to another one that horizontally opposed engines would cause too much vibration.

The service manager at an exclusive BMW dealer explained the same thing to me. Something to do with the harmonics of a horizontally opposed twin engine making a high frequency buzz that most don't notice, but those who do are really bothered by. Too bad, because those people don't get to enjoy R BMWs

So there was a lady(with money) that liked the bike. You did get a number if she was cute right? That seems like one of the good experiences. She was complimenting your bike. People just look at mine weird.

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She wasn't 'cute' per say. She was in her late 50's-60's. Not my cup of tea.

So there was a lady(with money) that liked the bike. You did get a number if she was cute right? That seems like one of the good experiences. She was complimenting your bike. People just look at mine weird.

She wasn't complimenting the bike at all. She was an egotist trying to draw attention to her own vehicle (and her wealth) knowing that the rider would have to to take a look in order to compare.

She wasn't complimenting the bike at all. She was an egotist trying to draw attention to her own vehicle (and her wealth) knowing that the rider would have to to take a look in order to compare.

Since none of us except one were there, we can only read the text and not hear the tone that says what she really meant. When I had my VFR I got a bunch of compliments. With my KLR people liked my "dirt bike". With all three Uly's people just looked at me like "what the hell is that". The V-Strom people said was ugly. I still like my Buell the best.

You gave a fine answer to an odd person. She was probably either a new rider full of excitement (like we all were once) or she strived for a Harley and finally got one, once again making her full of excitement. No need to get tribal and territorial in a case like this back at her. She basically wanted the world to know she was part of the motorcycle community. Just because she is on the wrong side of the tracks from you is no reason to be an ass, as some on here have suggested you should have been.

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Some people don't have the same social skills. Blurting out statements like "I ride a Harley" might be from excitement or just the way their brain makes connections. No need to be down on it.
Or...think of this scenario, she could have been in the car with family/in laws and was just dying to start up a convo with another rider to get a moment of mental peace. :-)